--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 16, 2006, at 4:30 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> --- suziezuzie <msilver1951@> wrote: > >> > >>> I called the Art of Living center in Boulder > >>> Colorado and spoke with > >>> an individual who said that the Art of Living > >>> meditation technique is > >>> different than the TM technique. He also said that > >>> there is an > >>> emphasis on krias (purification practices) and > >>> pranayama in > >>> conjunction with meditation. The meditation is > >>> called SaHaj in which > >>> the attention is put on the heart along with the use > >>> of a mantra as > >>> opposed to TM in which the mantra is effortlessly > >>> repeated with > >>> transcending naturally occurring. To say that both > >>> techniques are > >>> identical according to this individual is incorrect. > >>> He knows because > >>> he was a TMer and learned SaHaj as taught by the Art > >>> of Living also. > >>> So at this point, I've decided to go with TM for my > >>> daughter and hope > >>> she likes it and sticks to it. This individual also > >>> mentioned that > >>> there is no tension between Shankar and MMY, that > >>> MMY support > >>> everything Shankar is doing. He also said that > >>> prices are negotiable, > >>> students pay half the price and that there is no > >>> problem if someone > >>> cannot afford to pay at all. He said that Shankar > >>> was a secretary of > >>> MMY's and when he became enlightened, MMY encourage > >>> Shankar to go off > >>> and teach with MMY's blessing. That according to > >>> this person I spoke > >>> with, there never was a problem with MMY and > >>> Shankar. I get the > >>> impression that many of the TMers who went with this > >>> group were > >>> looking for a more personal relationship with a > >>> master/organization > >>> which is what it sounds like, like what the TM > >>> organization was back > >>> in the 60s early 70s, loosely conducted with a Guru > >>> who is very > >>> assessable. Mark > >> > >> SM is an advanced TM technique. And again, SM is how > >> MMY taught initiators to teach TM to Indians. > >> > >> > > > > Not according to OTHER TM teachers I've heard make reference to > > this, including MMY > > himelf, by implication. > > But you probably you imagine TM as some canonical, "fixed" entity. > You miss completely the continuity of the gnosis. > > But SSRS got it, no ifs ands or buts. >
Just as you "get it" about TM?
